Eat, Drink & Think is your daily destination for recipes, restaurant news, holiday menus and great food journalism — all through a Jewish lens. From the traditional to the cutting edge, we explore the worldwide Jewish culinary landscape and bring…
Food
-
‘F-Factor’s Tanya Zuckerbrot Has One Golden Rule To Get You Through Jewish Holidays Without Gaining Weight
If there’s such a thing as a celebrity dietitian, it’s Tanya Zuckerbrot, the elegant, ebullient creator of the F-Factor Diet — the conventional-wisdom-flouting plan that touts carbs, dining out, and even alcohol as part of weight loss and wellness. You might recognize the 46-year-old Long Island, NY native from her Today Show appearances or Instagram,…
-
Former Breads Bakery Chef Is Opening A Rival Bakery In The Lower East Side
A new Lower East Side bakery might give beloved Breads — winner of multiple Forward Food Choice Awards — a run for its money. That’s because Michaeli Bakery, which opened this month on Division Street near Chinatown, is the baby of Adir Michaeli, Breads’ longtime executive pastry chef. Before moving to New York City in…
-
A Harlem Shabbat Dinner Is Attracting Celeb Chefs
The invitation from New York’s Jewish Food Society intrigued me: Why would superstar chef Marcus Samuelsson cook Shabbat dinner at a small JCC alongside Travel Channel food savant Andrew Zimmern and other notables? Turns out there’s an elaborate backstory to the sold-out May 17 feast at the Harlem JCC. And the macher behind it might…
The Latest
-
This Chef Is Making Artisanal Bread With Kasha Varnishkes
Remember the old commercials where peanut butter and chocolate collided into a spectacular combo that made both parts seem even tastier? A New York chef has done that. With bread. And kasha varnishkes. And schmaltz and onions. And if there’s a more decadent way to break Passover this year, we dare you to find it….
-
This New Jersey Deli Is Making Sandwiches Using Pickles Instead Of Bread – Just In Time For Passover
Who says you can’t chow down on sandwiches on Passover? A New Jersey deli is spicing up social media with its towering, meat-filled sandwiches….on pickles instead of bread. Elsie’s, in Haddon Township, calls itself “the home of the original pickle sandwich”; any item on its menu can get ordered on two brined cucumbers instead of…
-
WATCH: How To Prepare A Delicious Passover Breakfast
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts.
-
Asian, Vegan, Or Keto: Seder Menus Are Leaning Trendy
Is your seder leaning Asian, vegan, or keto this year? A new report says you’re not alone. Experiments are trumping tradition at many Passover tables, according to Tastewise, a Tel Aviv startup that analyzes social-media posts for “food intelligence” and trend data. Among the findings in Tastewise’s Easter and Passover Food Trends Report: Instead of…
-
Lucky Lee’s, Promising ‘Clean’ Chinese Food, Is At Center Of ‘Cultural Appropriation’ Firestorm
View this post on Instagram Coming soon. Wok in/take out/order to-your-couch gluten-free lo mein, sesame orange shrimp and stir-fried sizzling shrooms with veggies. No need for sauce on the side! #getexcited #luckyleesnyc A post shared by Lucky Lee’s (@luckyleesnyc) on Jan 2, 2019 at 7:10pm PST A Jewish celebrity nutritionist — and her so-called “clean”…
-
What Questions To Ask Your Butcher About Your Brisket Cut This Passover
It took about a year from start to finish to write ‘The Brisket Chronicles,’ but I’ve been “thinking about brisket for most of my professional writing life,” says Steve Raichlen, who was inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame in 2015, for his bestselling Barbecue Bible cookbook series and television show Project Smoke. “For me…
-
Meet The Deli Boys: Your Newest Podcast Obsession
David Phillips and Evan Susser started their podcast, “Deli Boys,” with a simple mission: Rank the 14 Jewish delis in Los Angeles. They underestimated the impact their endeavor would wreak on the restaurant industry. “We started doing this podcast and the craziest thing happened,” Susser, a screenwriter whose credits include the 2017 comedy “Fist Fight,”…
-
Behind A Secret Door In Tel Aviv, A Vintage-Style Restaurant Gem
I’m not asking for your sympathy, but I do want you to understand that being a restaurant reviewer in Tel Aviv is not all sunshine and salads. Take the night I was supposed to review Cordero in Tel Aviv’s swank Neve Tsedek district. It was a dark and stormy night, of the kind the Israeli…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward A whites-only, no-Jews community says it’s found a legal loophole. A Jewish lawmaker in Pennsylvania wants to close it.
- 2
Film & TV So, what’s the deal with the honey scene in ‘Marty Supreme?’
- 3
Israel News Somaliland already operates as a de facto state. So why is Israel’s recognition of it so controversial?
- 4
Opinion What if Donald Trump puts his name on the US Holocaust Memorial Museum?
In Case You Missed It
-
Film & TV What’s funny about living next to a Nazi?
-
Fast Forward Mamdani’s first act: revoking Eric Adams’ executive orders, including on Israel, antisemitism and BDS
-
Fast Forward How Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani’s politics shaped New York City’s new mayor
-
Fast Forward How Jewish politics are shaping the 2026 election map, from coast to coast
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
